Don. I read through the entire tutorial and find there's lots of cryptic terminology--its unfamiliar to me. (smile). I will give the process a shot, but if you can find a way of making the process as simple as possible I'm sure many more people will want to use the information. At the very least I know the tutorial will be one of my Favorite links I will pass on to others. In short, please do us all a favor and increase our knowledge and independence by amplifying your previous tutorial with this new thumb drive information you speak of.
Thanks, Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Marang" <donald.mar...@gmail.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows The answer is yes and yes! After you have created this Rescue DVD, put it aside. In case of an emergency, you will be informed... No, just pull out the disk and follow those instructions to recover from your latest hard disk or partition image on an external hard disk. You do not need to know anything about Linux. Keep in mind, Image for Linux is not as smooth of a product as Image for Windows. It can not perform image backups and safely go on to do other tasks. It has crude dialogs in my opinion. But it does allow you to locate your desired backup image from an external drive and restore your hard disk, with speech the entire time! I will be looking into writing up somewhat simplified instructions, which would eliminate the need to install VMware and install the necessary software in a Virtual Machine. These directions would require createing a bootable USB Flash drive, and all of the extra software installed into persistent storage. Let me know if anyone is interested. I still like the above method, because I use Virtual Machines of different types every day and the resultant output ISO file can be burned to a DVD or used to create a USB Flash drive. Having a ready to burn ISO file handy helps me because a DVD or USB device gets lost or reused. Don Marang There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. Dean Kamen -------------------------------------------------- From: "Andre Williams" <andre.williams.1...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 4:12 PM To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows > Don. All I have to say is a loud WOW! There is tons of information there! > Pardon my ignorance, but I've heard of Linux but have never really had > much > interest in it. Am I understanding correctly in that to restore my Image > for > Windows hard drive images I need only pop this Linux DVD into my drive and > it will serve as my operating system allowing for the reformatting and > manipulation of my hard disk? > > Again, because I can't believe this, so let me ask in a different way. > (Smile). Will I be able to use a talking Linux CD to point to my external > hard drive, find the image I want to restore, then using Linux I will be > able to hear and interact with the Image for Windows dialogues? I'm > referring to the Image for Windows dialogue box requesting information > such > as my image password and prompts such as "do you really want to make these > permanent changes?" > > For those interested, here is some text from Don's website: > > These detailed instructions describe the steps required to create a handy > DVD that can be used to boot from in an emergency situation to perform > recovery and repair operations. It is loaded with many Linux tools to > recover deleted files, partition a hard disk, scan for viruses, test > memory, > restore partitions, thoroughly wipe a hard disk, remove Windows passwords > and much more. It features the Image for Linux software, which can be used > to restore a hard disk image created with Image for Windows. This product > is > not free, but if you use Image for Windows, this provides a great method > to > perform a restore operation without sighted assistance using the stable > speech and other accessibility features of Vinux. > > By the way Don, I like that you've taken lots of time and effort in > composing well written webpages. You are obviously very detail oriented, > and > I will definitely put your hours of work to use if your tutorials can do > what I'm hoping they can do for me. > > Thanks, > > Andre > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Marang" <donald.mar...@gmail.com> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows > > > The only complete solution I have found is to boot to an accesssible, > talking version of Linux, called Vinux. I install Image for Linux, which > comes with Image for Windows. I also include all of the Linux and Windows > tech experts recommend in general Windows recovery tasks on a Linux Rescue > disk. Even if you are not at all interested in using Vinux, it makes > great > sense to create a Rescue Disk or USB Flash Drive to use in emergencies! > > I use Image for Windows to make a backup image of my 136 GB hard drive > just > about every month. It usually has about 80 to 100 GB of data. Backing up > to an external drive is painless and cheap. Chances are you may never > need > the emergency disk. Hopefully not more than a handfull of times! It is > comforting to have one prepared, just in case! > > I wish I could just make the ISO file for the Rescue Disk available, but > that would violate the Image for Linux license! The link takes you to the > Vinux Wicky, where I posted an article on how to create a Vinux Rescue > DVD, > which includes Image for Linux. > > http://wiki.vinuxvirtual.org.uk/index.php?title=Vinux_How-To_Page#Create_a_Vinux_Rescue_DVD_Which_Includes_Image_for_Linux > > I now make a USB Flash drive out of the ISO file this procedure creates. > > Don Marang > > There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any > real > substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am > working > on things that matter. > Dean Kamen > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 2:19 PM > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows > >> >> Okay, how do you get 40gb of data onto two DVD's? If I wanted to create >> a >> disk image of my hard drive, including OS and all files and programs, >> there is no way this could all fit on two disks. The only practical >> solution would be to backup onto an external hard drive, which requires >> an >> inaccessible boot CD for recovery, no matter which Backup utility is use. >> I'm running XP Pro, and have successfully created disk images using >> Paragon Backup and Recovery, but restoring these images would require >> sighted help to use the boot CD. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Andre Williams" <andre.williams.1...@gmail.com> >> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 1:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows >> >> >>> Not true at all. In the past I would only need 2 DVD-r disks to backup >>> my >>> Windows XP computer. I would name my images after types of cars, types >>> of >>> fruit, and other categories. I would then label my disks Mustang1 and >>> Mustang2. Now in the age of Windows7 I use dual layer DVDs and still use >>> on >>> the average 2 DVD-rs. Like I said before, I make an image on to DVD-r >>> biweekly and in the interim I make images to external hard drives. With >>> some >>> creativity there is always a way around a problem. >>> Andre >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net> >>> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >>> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:49 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows >>> >>> >>> >>> But the problem with optical media is that you may need a hell of a lot >>> of >>> disks to hold the drive image, which could get real messy. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Ferrin" <ow...@jaws-users.com> >>> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:13 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] image for windows >>> >>> >>>> It isn't something that you have to do unless you're trying to recover >>>> your >>>> system from an external drive instead of optical media. The problem >>>> with >>>> that method is that it is not blind friendly at all. I found out after >>>> creating such a disk myself. >>>> David Ferrin >>>> ow...@jaws-users.com >>>> I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I'll probably screw that >>>> one >>>> up >>>> too. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Lenny McHugh" <lmch...@verizon.net> >>>> To: "blc" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 8:46 PM >>>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] image for windows >>>> >>>> >>>> I just downloaded the trial version. One of the default install options >>>> is >>>> to create a dos recovery disc. Is this necessary? I am using windows 7 >>>> 32 >>>> bit. >>>> --- >>>> Please visit my home page, it is motivational, educational, >>>> inspirational >>>> with a touch of humor. There is also a very extensive resource list for >>>> the >>>> blind. >>>> http://www.LennyMcHugh.com >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>>> >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
